A timber frame is a building whose skeleton is made of wood. Put up a timber frame.
The frame carries the weight and the walls only fill in between, which is why the old ones lean. A timber frame house can be raised in days once the parts are cut.
1nountimber frameA building whose skeleton is made of wood.
“The timber frame was numbered and put up in a week.”
timber frame is a structure.
Practised in Buildings & Architecture